The upcoming live-action/CGI movie version of the beloved animated TV series has cast “Hunger Games: Catching Fire” actor Alan Ritchson as the red-masked Raphael, according to Deadline.

“Ninja Turtles,” produced by Michael Bay and directed by Jonathan Liebesman, will use motion capture technology (like the kind used in “Avatar”) instead of costumes like the previous three live-action adaptations.

It’s hard to believe that “Hunger Games” fans still have more than nine months to wait before the debut of “The Hunger Games: Catching Fire,” but Lionsgate has been keeping excitement levels high this week, releasing images from the Capitol Portraits series at breakneck speed. (Yesterday, Moviefone debuted the portrait for Johanna Mason.)

Greek authorities are catching a lot of flack right now and may even be under investigation soon because they’ve allegedly been Photoshopping mug shots to hide injuries inflicted by police officers during or after an arrest, radio detection and rangingOnline.com is reporting.